Tuomo Kauttu graduated from the University of Helsinki with a Master of Laws degree in 1988, and gained his postgraduate LL.M. from the University of Washington, Law School in 1996.

After graduating from Helsinki University, Tuomo first served the Finnish Board of Agriculture, and then underwent internship on the bench in the Jyväskylä District Court. After this court training, he worked for a bank, specialising in corporate finance. Subsequently, he gained experience as an attorney intern at a New York law firm, followed by the LL.M. program at the University of Washington. The focus of the LL.M. program was on corporate law and corporate taxation, mergers & acquisitions, investments, and business planning. As the only foreign student in the program, he had a unique opportunity to gain a solid knowledge of US. business practices and US. business law.

Since 1996, Tuomo has advised and represented businesses in Helsinki. He has worked on commercial transactions and international operations in a diverse range of industries, including technology, machinery, energy and manufacturing. He has advised various forms of business entities on corporate law and governance issues. He has represented corporate clients and institutional investors in acquisitions and other transactions involving the purchase or sale of businesses.

Tuomo is a member of the Finnish Bar Association and an associate member of the American Bar Association (ABA), being involved in the professional work of the ABA International Business Law Committee and Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions. He is also a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commission on Commercial Law and Practice. Since 2014, Tuomo has been a member of the Industry Committee of Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce. He has written numerous professional articles, and has lectured at various institutes in Finland and abroad.

Pekka has wide experience in business law both in Finland and England where he has worked several years as Solicitor and In-house lawyer.

Mr. Valo is specialised in International Contract Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Dispute Resolution, IP and ICT Law. He has represented several internationally known brand names especially in the fashion and design industry in their issues relating to Trade Marks, Design Rights, Franchise and Distribution. He has advised in numerous international corporate arrangements, English sports teams with their establishment as corporate entities, online gaming companies setting up and running the their business and an Arctic expedition team in their sponsorship issues. He has also worked in a Financial Services company in the City of London as a Legal Counsel and FSA (currently FCA) approved Compliance Officer and MLRO.

In addition to his work Pekka has done research as Doctoral Associate in Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) University of London. The focus of his research was in Copyright issues of audio-visual works. During the time he wrote numerous articles involving Design Right, Patent, Trade Mark and Copyright to an online publication of an international law firm. He took part to teaching of the Institute by familiarising the representatives of EU candidate states with Intellectual Property Rights.

Pekka is a member of the Finnish Bar Association and the Law Society of England and Wales.

SOFIA SAARINEN

ASSOCIATE

LL.M. (SOUTHAMPTON) • LL.B. (HAGUE)

Specialities: International trade, transport and maritime law, public procurement and contracting.

Phone: +358 9 3157 4103
E-mail: sofia.saarinen@kauttu.fi

About Sofia:

Sofia has several years of experience in assisting companies of all sizes, from different business sectors, in matters relating to commercial transactions, international trade and public procurement. In addition, she has specialized in maritime and transport law.

She is an LL.M. graduate from the University of Southampton in Maritime law and holds an LL.B. in International and European law from The Hague, the Netherlands with a specialization in International commercial law. Moreover, she has studied law at the University of Helsinki and Turku.

EERO TALVELA

LEGAL ASSISTANT

LL.B. • LL.M. CANDIDATE, UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND

Phone: +358 9 3157 4104
E-mail: eero.talvela@kauttu.fi

At the moment completing his exchange study period in University of Bologna, Italy.